(A) Certification of permit applications. The following certification statement is required to be signed and submitted by users submitting permit applications in accordance with § 54.060 of this chapter; users submitting baseline monitoring reports under § 54.095(B)(5) of this chapter; users submitting reports on compliance with the categorical pretreatment standard deadlines under § 54.097 of this chapter; and users submitting periodic compliance reports required by § 54.098(A) and (B). The following certification statement must be signed by an authorized representative as defined in § 54.001 of this chapter.
“I certify under penalty of law that this document and all attachments were prepared under my direction or supervision in accordance with a system designed to assure that qualified personnel properly gather and evaluate the information submitted. Based on my inquiry of the person or persons who manage the system, or those persons directly responsible for gathering the information, the information submitted is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, true, accurate, and complete. I am aware that there are significant penalties for submitting false information, including the possibility of fine and imprisonment for knowing violations.”
(B) Annual certification for non-significant categorical industrial users. A facility determined to be a non-significant categorical industrial user by the Superintendent, pursuant to division (3) in the definition of “significant industrial user”in § 54.001 of this chapter and in § 54.060(C) of this chapter, must annually submit the following certification statement signed in accordance with the signatory requirements in the definition of “authorized or duly authorized representative of the user” in § 54.001 of this chapter. This certification must accompany an alternative report required by the Superintendent.
“Based on my inquiry of the person or persons directly responsible for managing compliance with the categorical Pretreatment Standards under 40 C.F.R. ______, I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief that during the period from _______, _______ to _______, _______ [months, days, year]:
(a) The facility described as _________________________ [facility name] met the definition of a Non-Significant Categorical Industrial User as described in division (3) of the definition of “significant industrial user” in § 54.001 of the code;
(b) The facility complied with all applicable Pretreatment Standards and requirements during this reporting period; and
(c) The facility never discharged more than 100 gallons of total categorical wastewater on any given day during this reporting period.
This compliance certification is based on the following information.
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(Ord. 7-2010, passed 11-22-2010) Penalty, see § 54.999